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I don't have time to test it yet and i'm not near my computer, but can we use the fps controller to jump down stairs?

What?

Nevermind, the update handles jagged slopes so much better, and i'll just increase the stair step size.

C++ user here, I am receiving an access violation from inside World::Update().

That is completely possible since this is using a brand new build of Newton. I'd like to try your project. If this causes problems for you switch back to the stable branch for now.

Build is updated to fix that crash.

looks nice so far. Just getting a crash currently in the debug lua executable.

 

The release executable works without a problem.

 

Will try to find the cause when i have more time.

 

 

I think there is also a bug fixed about pickmode of childs that i didn't even noticed until it picket a child after the update what it didn't before.

I pushed an update out this afternoon.

When I start up Leadwerks Indie Edition I get

Framebuffer incomplete: GL_FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_ATTACHMENT

and the editor closes ever since the latest update.

 

--edit Weird, now it isn't giving me that message and everything works again but I noticed that all of my normal map textures have the Normal Map checkbox un-checked now.

Please tell me your graphics card,

GeForce GT 630M - I just checked and I have the latest updates for my driver. Driver Version: 340.52

I can't produce your error. Please file a bug report if this behavior continues.

Character collision is MUCH improved now. Well done...

Good.

Will this make possible to have resizing on character controller to any size later ?

Different sizes aren't a problem for physics but it is a problem for navmeshes. Navmeshes are calculated for one specific size. The nav data for one size character controller is not valid for another size. Imagine a hallway with a low ceiling; some characters could navigate it and some could not.

Why not two different navmesh types or more types ?

- Any size controller : ceiling never taken account; that could be used for lot of game genres , from RTS, Dota like games, or FPS, TPS games playing in arenas where ceiling is never a problem.

- Fixed size controllers for uniform sized characters for FPS games where ceiling matters

Perhaps have two different navigation systems for navmesh ?

 

Without these, it will remain to us making the game to add collision shapes for bigger characters and take care about the zones they can only walk on.

It's not just the ceiling, it's everything. Imagine a narrow hallway. At one size, characters could navigate through it, at another size they could not.

Okay, so we'll have ourselves to make our own solution.

Or just live with it and move on. Having a large character clip the walls occasionally isn't the end of the world, this happens all the time in Left 4 Dead.